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B.C. premier supports health-care workers after protests against vaccine cards
VICTORIA - B.C. Premier John Horgan expressed his gratitude to health-care workers on Wednesday after protests outside some hospitals in the province. The provincial government will require proof of v...
Sep 01, 2021

Métis Nation-Saskatchewan offers prizes to encourage COVID shots
Mtis Nation-Saskatchewan wants to sweeten the deal for those who get vaccinated for COVID-19.The organization has launched a new incentive program, This is Your Shot, in which fully vaccinated Mtis pe...
Sep 01, 2021

‘A dose of reality:’ Riders react to CFL COVID news from bye week
While the Saskatchewan Roughriders' players and coaches enjoyed a bye week, the rest of the CFL was busy dealing with COVID-19.The Edmonton Elks dealt with an outbreak, with 13 players testing positiv...
Sep 01, 2021

Artist selected for new tri-community mural
Lac La Ronge Indian Band member Sammi Kopeck, 21, has been selected to paint a mural at a yet to be determined space in the tri-communities. She was selected by the La Ronge Arts Council, which previo...
Sep 01, 2021

Northern filmmaker honoured with TIFF Emerging Talent Award
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced La Ronge filmmaker Danis Goulet will receive the Emerging Talent Award later this month.In bestowing Goulet with the honour, she was descri...
Sep 01, 2021

Ontario to require proof of vaccination in high-risk settings starting Sept. 22
TORONTO - Giving in to mounting pressure from experts, businesses and political opponents, Premier Doug Ford announced a vaccine certificate system Wednesday that will see Ontarians showing proof of i...
Sep 01, 2021

Child-care system or tax credit: Parties' pitches mean varying benefits for families
OTTAWA - Six years ago, Rob Gillezeau watched as a child-care pledge he worked on for the federal New Democrats got pitted against competing policy ideas on where the country should go politically on ...
Sep 01, 2021

Lockdown orders in N.W.T. to lift this weekend as COVID-19 cases start to decline
YELLOWKNIFE - Two communities in the Northwest Territories under lockdown orders since mid-August will see those orders lifted late Saturday as active cases of COVID-19 start to decline across the ter...
Sep 01, 2021

SJHL implements mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy
With training camps already well underway, and the start of the hockey season fast approaching, the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) has announced a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for t...
Sep 01, 2021

The Undecideds: Three Canadian voters still unsure who to support, two weeks in
Canadians are set to go to the polls Sept. 20, but not everyone knows what they will do when they get there. The Canadian Press is following three undecided voters through the ups and downs of this el...
Sep 01, 2021